Jeff Bender of Bender Engineering & Construction has set out to build the most energy efficient home in Gray’s Crossing. The goal is to build a Net Zero Home. If anyone has the skills and background for the job - it is Jeff. He is building this Mountain Concepts/Dave Spear designed home for himself and his family. Jeff is general contractor, but his resume doesn’t stop there. He is a Continue Reading
M-12 House Update from Mountainside
The build for M-12 on Glades Court at Mountainside Northstar is cruising along and it looks oh so good wearing a fresh coat of snow! The way the winter is starting the next shot might be of my kids skiing onto the M-12 ski landing! This front shot with the Carson Range in the background was taken on October 20th. This one was taken Tuesday November 3rd. The snow was boot top height on my Continue Reading
October Tahoe Truckee TMR Market Update
October market report from TMR Broker Jeff Brown Greetings - After a series of ordinary months, the Tahoe-Truckee region saw the strongest performance of 2015 in September. Total sales volume of $118,376,000 is an 18% increase over September, 2014 despite coming via 5% fewer transactions. This would indicate a substantial jump in average price from $706,989 in 2014 to $870,412this Continue Reading
3rd Quarter Community Sales Numbers
Gray's Crossing As of 10/1/2015 69 completed homes 31 under construction 16 final approved projects Home Sale Activity 3rd Quarter Activity 2015 4 Sales $1,273,750 Avg Sale Price $1,257,750 Median Sale Price 3rd Quarter Sold Homes 2nd Quarter Activity 2015 3 Sales $1,300,000 Avg Sale Price $1,355,000 Continue Reading
Who You Calling a Bum?
http://www.skinet.com/ski/article/who-you-calling-bum?brn=ski&src=email&date=082615&lnk=image The link above is an interesting article about the life of a ski bum from a recent Ski Magazine. It states that jobs are changing in ski area. Basically the internet and jobs that involve a lot of travel are allowing for many more people to choose living in ski towns and becoming the new Continue Reading
Mystery House – Gray’s Crossing
Follow along with me and watch as my good friend builds his family dream home. If you pay close enough attention you could end up with an invite to the grand opening deck party. If you get to know him you might end up with a life long pass for a bonus beverage when playing the back 9! If you are going to have an entrance like this you hope there is something exciting at the end. You won't be Continue Reading
Giants Game!
The Lucky Livak Family attended the Giants game as the winners of the DFRE website contest. This was their view! They even got to watch The Bum pitch although the Giants lost 2-0. Zarek is a big baseball fan, good player too, so he was awfully excited about being able to take his family to the game. As you can see he and his sister Anya were all smiles. Congrats to the Livak family and Continue Reading
August TMR Market Update
The TMR August report points out that August $1 million + sales were half of 2014 yet the overall market transaction numbers were on par with average. What does this tell us? It tells us that if there has been snow last winter the market would really be crushing it. This tells me that if there is a strong snow year the prices and demand will increase. It was a busy summer despite the weak Continue Reading
Watson Lake Hike
Watson Lake Hike Watson Lake is on the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) a few miles west from Brockway Summit up in the mountains between Kings Beach and Tahoe City. I have been hearing about it for years. I thought you could access it pretty easily from the Ritz-Carlton…not so much. Now that my kids are older we are exploring more. There are so many cool hikes and areas out there to see. Even after Continue Reading
DFRE Website Contest Winners!
The drawing for the winners in the dougflynnrealestate.com launch contest was held yesterday at the Village at Northstar. The Autumn Food & Wine Festival is going on this weekend. The picture above from the Cirque du Soleil type performance was taken right at the front entrance. Pretty cool maneuverings by those ladies. A video of the live drawing is posted on my Instagram and Facebook Continue Reading
